Philip Jackson

Philip Jackson

Philip Jackson's ability to convey the human condition through the skilful use of body language is well known. Whether with robed, masked or faceless figures reminiscent of 18th century Venetian procurators, graceful, delicately poised works such as Saraband, or the prestigious, figuratively detailed monumental public social figures for which he is often commissioned, Philip Jackson's work moves people. Imposing and operatic both in narrative and in their presence, Jackson's works are powerful and beautifully sculpted. Hauntingly elegant or theatrically enigmatic, individually or cloistered together, the meticulously precise posturing of the work creates an overwhelming sense of drama from which emanates highly charged emotions, secrets, conspiracies and intrigues.

Expressive, thought-provoking, with ever-changing perspectives and narratives, Philip Jackson's work is emotive and communicates in a way that is engaging and equally accessible to all ages and classes. Like motionless actors on an elaborate set, its impact is genuine and its qualities should not be underestimated or ignored. In the visitors' book for Philip Jackson's 2005 Sacred and Profane, exhibition at West Dean College, near Chichester, is found, amongst all the accolades, one simple line . . . 'Moved to tears.'


Dr Sharon-Michi Kusunoki
Senior Curator

Curriculum Vitae

Philip Jackson MA FRBS FRSA was born in Inverness in 1944 and now lives and works in West Sussex

Chronology


1987-89

Winner of National Peace Sculpture Competition,
Manchester City Council 1987
Elected Fellow Royal Society of British Sculptors


1990-92

Awarded Otto Beit Medal for Sculpture (1991 and 1992)
Awarded Silver Medal by Royal Society of British Sculptors
Winner of Mozart Bicentenary Sculpture Competition - Belgravia,
London 1991
One man exhibition, Solothurn, Switzerland
Falklands War Memorial Sculpture unveiled at Portsmouth by Baroness Thatcher


1993-95

Winner of Liberation Sculpture Competition, Jersey, Channel Islands
Awarded Otto Beit Medal for Sculpture (1993)
One man exhibition Stansted Park Foundation
One man exhibition Chichester Festivities
The Young Mozart unveiled in London by HRH The Princess Margaret
One man exhibition Casanova Gardens, Venice
Unveiling of Jersey Liberation Sculpture by HRH The Prince of Wales
One man exhibition Jersey Museum, Jersey, Channel Islands


1996-98

Sir Matt Busby Sculpture unveiled at Old Trafford, Manchester
One man exhibition Pashley Manor, East Sussex
One man exhibition Parkview Gallery, Bristol
Wallenberg Monument unveiled in London by HM The Queen
The Gurkha Memorial unveiled in London by HM The Queen
Constantine the Great unveiled at York Minster by Lord Coggan
Wallenberg Monument unveiled in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Christ in Judgment unveiled at Chichester Cathedral by
Lord St John of Fawsley
One man exhibition in Naples Florida, USA
Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi) unveiled in Geneva


2000-01

In-Pensioner for The Royal Hospital, Chelsea unveiled by Duke of Westminster
St Richard for Chichester Cathedral unveiled by Bishop of Chichester
St George for Linch War Memorial
Elected member of the Art Workers Guild
One man exhibition Chichester Cathedral
One man exhibition Samares Manor, Jersey
One man exhibition Rymans, Chichester


2002-03

Sculpture of King George VI for Britannia Royal Naval College,
Dartmouth (unveiled by The Princess Royal, April 2002)
One man exhibition Chichester Cathedral
Champions for West Ham United FC and London Borough of
Newham (unveiled April 2003)
Equestrian sculpture of Her Majesty the Queen to celebrate
the Jubilee for Windsor Great Park, (unveiled by Her Majesty the Queen 2003)


2004-2005

One man exhibition at Palace House and Abbey Cloister, Beaulieu
Sculpture of Terence Cuneo - unveiled in October by The Princess Royal
Awarded honorary Master of Arts degree - University of Chichester
Sculpture of the Founders of St Margaret's Convent, Handsworth (unveiled March)
Sotheby's exhibition Isleworth, USA
One man exhibition West Dean College and Gardens, May - July


2006-2007

One man exhibition Bishop's Palace and Gardens, Wells
One man exhibition Savill Gardens, Windsor Great Park
Bobby Moore sculpture for front of new Wembley Stadium (unveiled May 2007)
One-man exhibition Catto Gallery, London


2008

United Trinity sculpture unveiled at Manchester United (May)
National Memorial to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to be unveiled in London in December
Sculpture of Lord Glenconner for Mustique to be unveiled in December
Large sculptural head of Sir Alf Ramsay for Football Association for Wembley
Arch Angel Gabriel sculpture for South Harting Church